Hi Billy, Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 8, 2013, at 10:30, [email protected] wrote: > > What finally became clear to me was that it wasn’t so much the opinions the > author held as it was the iron grip with which the author held them. It was > as if nuance, irony, and complexity were the enemies of clear thought and > pure faith. The worldview expressed in this book was pretty conservative, and > as I said, I agree with much of it. But it was airless and highly ideological. Very nice article. I think it captures a genuine dilemma. Have strong uncompromising principles creates very tight community, but stifles intellectual growth. Conversely, cosmopolitanism can encourage freethinking to the point it becomes either groundless or political correctness run amok. It is a hard problem to find a sufficiently robust set of community values that they enable solidarity without creating rigidity. I think the key is maintaining the right tension between ideology, relationships, and passion. Still working on it... E -- -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
